Nonrefillable bottle



p 1935. s. G. CONKLING 2,013,726

NONREFILLABLE BOTTLE Filed Sept. l5, 193.5

E um. -/ZZZV (a. 3 0 6% ATTORNEY i mm Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES ZMBJZt PATENT FFHQE Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in non-refillable bottles, and has for its object to provide a non-refillable all-glass bottle that will resist any attempt of refilling, and which may be depended upon to function infallibly in operation, or use.

As the construction is comparatively simple, the cost of manufacturing said bottle with my devised features embodied therein should be proportionately low.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section taken centrally through the neck and adjacent parts of. the bottle.

Figure 2 is a vertical central transverse sectional view taken through a cartridge-member, embodying and showing the main features and preferred construction of my invention without the valve and its co-acting support, which also form indispensable parts of the latter; said cartridge-member being adapted for insertion into the neck of the bottle, forming an integral part, or unit, with said neck-portion, while leaving space for the insertion of the usual cork-stopper into the latter.

Figure 3 is a horizontal cross sectional view of a part of said cartridge, showing the bore therein.

Figure 4 is a bottom view of the cartridge as illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a valve, adapted to be seated in and forming part of said cartridge.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of said valve.

Figure '7 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a ring-member forming a seat for said valve, and constituting the bottom part of. said cartridge-member; while Figure 8 is a top plan view of said ring-member, and Figure 9 is a top plan View of an annular substantially flat cork-member interposed between said ring-member and a shoulder formed at the juncture of the body of the bottle and the neck, and inside the latter at the entrance to said body.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, It] indicates the body of a bottle; while ll indicates the neck formed integral therewith. The body and neck of the bottle, as well as the other parts hereinafter mentioned and associated with the former, while preferably made of glass, may, however, be made of any suitable material, and of any convenient shape.

In the neck portion H is seated a cartridge member I2 preferably of glass, as mentioned 5 above, and made to form an integral part With said neck by means of a strongly adhesive insoluble agent, for instance, glass-cement. The said cartridge-member, when properly positioned in the neck of. a bottle, will rest with its co-acting 10 parts, which latter will be described hereinafter in detail, upon a shoulder it formed upon the neck, while at the top of the latter space is left for the insertion of the usual cork-stopper I4.

The cartridge-member l2 comprises an upper solid part, or section it, formed. with a longitudinal bore, or passage 16 therein; said bore may be of a straight, tortuous, or any suitable form. The section i5 is at its lower end. formed with a somewhat semi-spherical reduced portion, or 20 chamber, ll, registering with the passage E6. The said section 55 has upon its wall i8, and extending into the chamber ll, been formed with a small oblong recess l9 adapted to receive a pivotally operating arm 20 of a valve 2| therein.

Approximately opposite the recess IS, the wall of the chamber IT has been formed with a small lug 22, or it may be small projections as shown especially in Figure 4, for the purpose of preventing a too far upward movement of the valve 2|, when tilting the bottle for pouring out the contents of the latter. The section 15 is further at its lower end provided with a flange 25 adapted to seat and snugly fit a valve-supporting ring, or member 26, thus making said cartridge-member, including its associated parts, present a complete unit ready for insertion into the neck of. a bottle.

The valve 2| may, as has been shown in Figure 5, be constructed with a central depression therein to form a slightly curved bottom-surface 23. Said valve has further a lateral slightly downwardly extending lever-arm 20, terminating in a beaded enlargement 24 adapted to engage in a pivotal manner the recess it in the wall of the chamber 11; thereby securing the facilities for the regular, proper, and infallible functioning of the said valve in operation, that is, in the use of the bottle.

The ring-member 26, above referred to, is formed with an upwardly extending rim 2'! adapted to seat the valve 2i, as the flange 28 upon the latter forms a tight joint with said rim, when the valve 2! is seated upon said ring-member 26 in the upright position of a bottle.

The ring-member 26 is formed with a horizontal annular edge-portion 29, below the rim 2?, for the purpose of engaging the section l5, as the said annular edge-portion 29 fits closely within the annular recess formed by the flange 25 upon said section IS.

The lower, or narrower part 36 of the ringmember 26 is made to receive, or engage a substantially flat annular cork-member, or washer 3!, which is seated upon and abutting said ringmember, the said cork-member resting in turn upon the shoulder l3 at the lower end of the neck of a bottle.

It will thus clearly appear that by assembling the parts, shown herein, in the manner described, and tipping the said device, or ensemble with the cork-washer at its lower end, all that is necessary to apply said device to a bottle, is to lower the cartridge-member into the neck of the bottle until it rests with the cork washer upon the shoulder of said neck, having simultaneously provided the Walls of said cartridge-member with suitable adhesive means, whereby to make said member an integral part of the bottle.

The operation thus described naturally is done, when the bottle has been filled with its contents, and the usual cork-stopper is thereupon inserted to close the top of the neck of the bottle.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not therefore, wish to limit myself to the construction and arrangement shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. A non-refillable bottle having a body portion and a neck integral therewith, said neck being formed with a shoulder inside thereof and at the entrance to the body of the bottle, a cartridge-member mounted in the neck and made to form an integral part with the latter, said cartridge-member comprising an upper substantially solid section formed with a passage therein and having a chamber at the bottom thereof, a recess in the wall of said chamber, and a stopper formed upon the opposite side thereof, a valve having a curved bottom surface, a side flange, and a slightly downwardly extending lever-arm, the latter pivotally engaging the recess of the upper cartridge section, a ring-member supporting said valve, said ring-member being formed with an upwardly extending rim, a side-flange, and a downwardly extending portion, and an annular cork-member mounted upon the latter portion and adapted to seatingly engage the shoulder in the neck of the bottle.

2. A non-refillable bottle having a body portion and a neck integral therewith, said neck being formed with a shoulder inside and at the bottom thereof, a cartridge-member mounted in said neck, and means for securing the cartridgemember integrally to the latter, said cartridgemember comprising an upper, substantially solid,

section formed with a passage therein and having a chamber at the bottom thereof, a flange upon the wall of said chamber and at the periphery of the latter and adapted to snugly engage a valve supporting ring-member therein, a recess in the wall of the chamber and a stopper upon the wall opposite thereof, a valve having a curved bottom surface, a side flange and a slightly downwardly extending lever-arm terminating in a beaded enlargement, the said lever-arm pivotally engaging the recess of the upper cartridge-section, a ring member supporting the valve, said ring-member being formed with an upwardly extending rim and having a side-flange snugly fitting within the peripheral flange of the upper section, a downwardly extending portion on the said ring-member, and a cork-washer mounted upon the latter and contacting with the shoulder in the neck of the bottle.

3. A device, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side flange of the valve is made to snugly overlap the upwardly extending rim-portion of the valvesupporting ring-member.

4. A non-refillable bottle having a body portion and a neck integral therewith, said neck being formed with a shoulder inside thereof and at the entrance to the body of the bottle, a cartridge-member mounted in the neck and made to form an integral part with the latter, said cartridge-member comprising an upper substantially solid section formed with a passage therein and having a chamber at the bottom thereof, a rea cess in the wall of said chamber, and a stopper 5. In a device of the class described, a bottle having a body portion and a neck integral therewith, said neck being formed with a shoulder inside thereof and at the entrance to the body of the bottle, a cartridge-member having a passage therethrough, and being mounted in said neck and made to form an integral part with the latter, said cartridge member being made with a somewhat semi-spherical chamber formed with a small recess in the side thereof, and having at the bottom an annular recess in its side wall communicating with said chamber, a valve member reciprocatingly arranged in the latter, and a ring member formed with a sidewise arranged fiange adapted to fit in the annular recess of the cartridge member, said ring member having an upwardly extending rim portion for seating said valve thereon, the latter being formed with a central depression therein and having an arm laterally disposed and terminating in a beaded enlargement adapted for being pivotally seated in the small recess in the side wall of the chamber, and a stud formed upon the inner wall of said chamber, and opposite the small recess, for restricting the movement of the valve in tipping the bottle during operation.

SAMUEL G. CONKLING. 

